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Architectural History Evaluation 1.0 INTRODUCTION The City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency(City) retained ECORP Consulting, Inc. (ECORP) in 2024 to conduct an Architectural History Evaluation report for the Fairview Street Widening Project (Project) in Santa Ana, Orange County, California. A survey of the Proposed Project Area was required to identify potentially eligible cultural resources (i.e., archaeological sites and historic buildings, structures, and objects) that could be affected by the Project. 1.1 Project Location The Project Area consists of approximately 8.77 acres located in the western portion of the City of Santa Ana, California. It comprises a segment of Fairview Street from Trask Avenue to the north to West 17th Street to the south, in addition to four adjacent residential properties located at 2501 Huckleberry Road (Assessor's Parcel Number [APN] 101-121-01), 2502 Huckleberry Road (APN 101-122-18), 2501 Strawberry Lane (APN 101-122-19), and 2502 Strawberry Lane (APN 101-123-13).The Project Area is located in the Las Bolsas land grant, as shown on the Anaheim, California 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle map (Figure 1). 1.2 Project Description The Proposed Project entails the widening of a 0.5-mile portion of Fairview Street from West 17th Street to Trask Avenue.The Project would reconfigure the roadway from 2 to 3 lanes in each direction and add a 6-foot-wide dedicated bike lane with no buffer. The Project would potentially acquire four residential properties to accommodate the widening (2501 Huckleberry Road, 2502 Huckleberry Road, 2501 Strawberry Lane, and 2502 Strawberry Lane).The Project would use local funding. 1.3 Report Organization This report documents ECORP's architectural history evaluation of North Fairview Street. ECORP recorded the segment of North Fairview Street from the Fairview Street/Trask Avenue intersection to the north to the Fairview Street/West 17th Street intersection to the south, in addition to four residences located at 2501 Huckleberry Road, 2502 Huckleberry Road, 2501 Strawberry Lane, and 2502 Strawberry Lane. ECORP prepared this report in conformance with the California Office of Historic Preservation's (OHP's) acceptable format. Appendix A includes a confirmation of the records search with the California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS). Appendix B presents photographs of the Project Area and vicinity. Appendix C contains the cultural resource California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523 record form. ECORP Consulting, Inc. January 2025 Fairview Street Widening Project 2024-088.03 9-92